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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Lely Patent N.v., Maassluis, NL;
Karel Van Den Berg, Maassluis, NL;
Jan Lambertus Pastoor, Maassluis, NL;
Howard Sie, Maassluis, NL;
Arie Huyzer, Maassluis, NL;
Jan Martinus Van Kuilenburg, Maassluis, NL;
LELY PATENT N.V., Maassluis, NL;
Abstract
A livestock feed wagon includes a frame, a feed container which is fitted on the frame, in particular provided with a feed mixer, a gripper construction having a movable arm construction and a gripper fitted thereon for grabbing an amount of animal feed from a pile of animal feed, and a weighing device. The weighing device is arranged and configured to weigh a grabbed amount of animal feed by determining a change in the weight of at least the feed container and the gripper construction with the grabbed amount of animal feed. As a result thereof, it is possible to determine both the total loaded weight in the feed container and the weight of a grabbed chunk of animal feed using the same weighing device, so that the chunk, if it is either too heavy or too light, can be returned prior being unloaded, if desired.